PRESS INFORMATION, 2013-10-28 MOTO3 RECORD: 20x KTM – ONE SEASON UNBEATEN! Álex Márquez of Spain emerged the winner in the final meters of the Moto3 Grand Prix of Japan at the Motegi circuit to give KTM its 20th consecutive victory – the new record in the small class of the FIM Motorcycle World Championship! The series started at the same place one year ago by former and future Red Bull Ajo KTM rider Danny Kent (UK), who also Danny Kent (UK) with the first victory at Motegi (J) 2012 won three rounds later at Valencia. The Spaniard Luis Salom is with seven victories onboard the KTM RC250 GP Moto3 bike the most successful rider in this period, followed by Alex Rins with six wins and Moto3 World Champion 2012 Sandro Cortese (D) and Maverick Viñales with two victories each. 26 victories in 33 races Since the comeback of KTM in the new Moto3 category at the beginning of the 2012 season overall 26 victories out of 33 races went to riders sitting on KTM driven bikes. Cortese took three more wins in his World Championship season furthermore Luis Salom and Jonas Folger scored two and one victory on their KALEX-KTM bikes. Sandro Cortese took the second win right after at Sepang (MAL) and also sealed the Moto3 title for KTM The championship now goes to the final round in Valencia (E) on a knife’s edge with Salom still in the lead by two points from Viñales with Rins five points behind the leader. Everything points to a great race for the sport, the Spanish fans and for KTM, who already won the constructors championship a few rounds ago and are in line to take their second World Championship title after Cortese of the Red Bull Ajo KTM team won the first ever Moto3 title in 2012. KTM’s 20 consecutive Moto3 winners 1st Danny Kent (UK) Motegi (J) 2012 2nd Sandro Cortese (D) Sepang (MAL) 2012 Luis Salom (E) with most victories on KTM RC250 GP 3rd Sandro Cortese (D) Phillip Island (AUS) 2012 4th Danny Kent (UK) Valencia (E) 2012 5th Luis Salom (E) Doha (QAT) 2013 6th Alex Rins (E) Austin (USA) 2013 7th Maverick Viñales (E) Jerez (E) 2013 8th Maverick Viñales (E) Le Mans (F) 2013 9th Luis Salom (E) Mugello (I) 2013 10th Luis Salom (E) Cataluña (E) 2013 11th Luis Salom (E) Assen (NL) 2013 12th Alex Rins (E) Sachsenring (D) 2013 13th Alex Rins (E) Indianapolis (USA) 2013 14th Luis Salom (E) Brno (CZ) 2013 15th Luis Salom (E) Silverstone (GB) 2013 Álex Márquez (E, 20th victory) on the podium at Motegi 16th Alex Rins (E) Misano (I) 2013 with Maverick Viñales (E, two wins) & Jonas Folger (D) 17th Alex Rins (E) Aragón (E) 2013 18th Luis Salom (E) Sepang (MAL) 2013 19th Alex Rins (E) Phillip Island (AUS) 2013 20th Álex Márquez (E) Motegi (J) 2013 www.ktm.com www.ktmimages.com KTM-SPORTMOTORCYCLE AG Thomas Kuttruf // PR-Manager // Tel.: +43 7742 6000 – 866 // Mobile: +43 664 81 62 490 Fax: +43 7742 6000 – 5866 // e-Mail: [email protected] // www.ktm.com .